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Law
Meeting with members of Chinese State Council discusses new cooperation initiatives
On December 5, the FGV Rio de Janeiro Law School welcomed a delegation from the Counsellors’ Office of the State Council (COSC) of the People’s Republic of China. During the meeting, the school presented the initiatives carried out by its Brazil-China Study Center since 2017 and its collaboration with universities and legal...
Economics
GDP Monitor points to 0.1% growth in economic activity in October 2019
The GDP Monitor, published by the FGV Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE), points to seasonally adjusted growth of 0.1% in economic activity in October, compared to September, and 0.7% growth in the moving quarter ending in October, compared to July. Year-over-year, the economy grew 2.0% in the month of October and 1.4...
Social Sciences
Special dossier presents new texts about soccer, history and politics
FGV’s Revista Estudos Históricos (Journal of Historical Studies) has just published a new series of papers titled “Soccer, History and Politics.” There are 10 new papers, in English and Portuguese, including two special collaborative articles by professors in England and an interview with Maria Lúcia Pallares-Burke, a...
Law
Anti-corruption study group brings together professors from BRICS countries to debate compliance
In November, the FGV Sao Paulo Law School’s Anti-Corruption Study Group received a visit from professors from India, China, Russia and South Africa who are participants in the Corporate Compliance in BRICS Countries research project. This initiative is under way at member institutions of the Law Schools Global...
Public Policy
With support from European Union, Jean Monnet Atlantic Network 2.0 gains third version
FGV’s International Intelligence Unit (FGV NPII) has been authorized to conduct another project financed by the European Union as part of the Erasmus+ program. The Jean Monnet Atlantic Network 2.0 will build on a network created in 2012 through the Atlantic Future project, coordinated by the Center for International Information and...
Administration
Study on ideological congruence between voters and lawmakers in Brazil receives award from Anpocs
Joaquim Meira, an academic master’s in administration student at the FGV Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE), received a prize for “Best Panel in Political Science” at the 43^rd Annual Meeting of the National Association de Graduate Education and Research in Social...
Law
Jean Monnet Center of Excellence begins activities with College of Europe partnership
On November 13 and 27, 2019, the FGV Rio de Janeiro Law School’s Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, in partnership with the European Union Delegation in Brazil and College of Europe, held two international specialized training courses on negotiation and global governance techniques. The objective of the courses, organized by Professor Paula...
Public Policy
CEO of Sabesp presents project to clean up Pinheiros River
On December 16, FGV’s Group for Research on Infrastructure and Environmental Economics will host a debate titled “The New Pinheiros River.” The meeting will take place in FGV’s Noble Room (Rua Itapeva, 432, 6^th floor, Bela Vista, Sao Paulo), from 10 am to 11 am.
At the event, the CEO of the Sao Paulo State Water and Sewage...
Economics
Novo Rio Pinheiros project
O Grupo de Economia da Infraestrutura & Soluções Ambientais da FGV realiza o debate “Novo Rio Pinheiros”. No evento, o presidente da Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (Sabesp), Benedito Braga, vai apresentar o projeto de despoluição do Rio Pinheiros.
Law
United Nations meeting brings together specialists to debate cybersecurity
The coordinator of the FGV´s Rio de Janeiro Law School’s Center for Technology and Society (CTS-FGV), Professor Ivar A. Hartmann, was one of the academics who gave opening speeches at a recent meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity, part of the United Nations’ Office for Disarmament Affairs....
Institutional
IGC 2018 – Schools obtain maximum score and FGV stays on top of Education Ministry’s national course ranking
Fundação Getulio Vargas has been recognized once again for its excellence in education. The results of the 2018 General Course Index (IGC 2018) were released yesterday, December 12, by the Education Ministry’s National Institute for Educational Studies and Research (INEP). FGV came first out of all the country’...
Administration
UNIFA and FGV hold seminar on capacity-based planning
On November 18, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and the Advanced Studies Center of the Brazilian Air Force University (UNIFA) held a seminar titled “Capacity-Based Planning – Challenges for Society 4.0,” in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The event resulted from a technical cooperation agreement between UNIFA and FGV, aimed at supporting teaching,...
Economics
Seminar debates Brazil’s political and economic prospects for 2020 in presence of Paulo Hartung, former governor of Espírito Santo
Record-low interest rates, anchored inflation, a slow recovery of the job market, the passing of the public pension reform and provisional decrees to reduce the tax burden on manufacturing – these are some of the good news in 2019 that could reinvigorate economic activity going forward. However, the government’s economic team...
Law
Regulatory dynamics: book presents unprecedented set of Brazilian jurisprudence case studies
On December 12, the FGV´s Rio de Janeiro Law School will launch a book titled “Regulatory Dynamics – Brazilian Jurisprudence Case Studies: relations between the courts, oversight authorities, regulators, the antitrust agency and free enterprise.” This is the first Brazilian book on administrative and economic law dedicated exclusively to case...
Public Policy
FGV Europe organizes visit by Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas to Germany
Brazil’s infrastructure minister, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, visited Germany on November 28 and 29, at the invitation of FGV Europe and German company Deutsche Bahn. The minister was accompanied by a delegation of six representatives of the Infrastructure Ministry and the national development bank, BNDES. Other participants...
Institutional
FGV 75th Anniversary Celebration
Institutional
FGV 75th Anniversary Celebration
Economics
Fourth Conjuncture Analysis Seminar 2019
A economia vem dando sinais, ainda tênues, que começa a trilhar o caminho de um crescimento um pouco mais vigoroso. A reforma da Previdência e outras medidas que o governo vem implementando, embora ainda devam demorar para ter impactos sobre a economia, abrem caminho para previsões um pouco mais otimistas de crescimento já no próximo...
Administration
FGV students and alumni have access to global job opportunity and career development platform
FGV´s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE) students and alumni will be able to benefit from the Highered EFMD platform, which discloses global job opportunities and helps with career development. FGV EBAPE is the only business school in Rio de Janeiro to have access to this system, which is...
Economics
Meeting debates economic performance this year and prospects for 2020
The seesaw of GDP projections for 2019 is now expected to stabilize at 1.1%, the same performance recorded in the last two years. Still, this is good news, as the outlook has improved in the second half, after some experts had predicted full-year growth of just 0.5%. Looking ahead, specialists see light at the end of the tunnel and highlight...